Today is the result of a couple weeks of 'one of those days.' My wife joked recently, 'well if something bad is going to happen, it might as well as happen to us, we can handle it' Well in spite of stuff that we go through on a daily basis, let me share with you something that has happened that will encourage me for time to come:
A young mom was referred into our clinic about three months ago suffering from lower back pain and neck pain. She had her work cut out for her as like so many young mom's these days her husband is deployed overseas so she gets to be mom, dad, maid, etc. etc. etc. You get the picture. Well after she started receiving care, I noticed one of her children had a significant heel lift built into the shoe and when you watched this kid run and play it was clear, the body that was given to work with was not too coordinated and of course siblings can irritate this by pushing the limitation buttons, but kids are kids and this kid didn't have the future that every parent wanted for their child. When she submitted her child for care we took some good x-rays and revealed a Posterior rotated pelvis of 25mm and internally or laterally rotated 20mm with a short leg of 28mm on the right. Well the mom had commented to me that her child no longer wanted to wear the specially made shoes that were quite expensive, and had to console by saying, 'well wouldn't be better if you didn't have to buy those specially 'priced' shoes for the rest of your time as a parent?' It encouraged, but we were all a bit having some nervous anxiety as it was time for Uncle Sam to move them to their next home, so we took the proper follow-up films after just under six weeks of care. Well the change is remarkable, so that is why I am taking the time to share it with all of you, not to brag, but to share with you the power of chiropractic and why it in certain applications can and is the only thing that can save people from a life of less than peak performance.
Enough with the suspense, after military medicine spending thousands of dollars on therapy, MRI's CT scans, etc. 6 weeks of complimentary care has produced a young little one with now only 10mm of posterior rotation, 4mm of lateral rotation and only a 6mm short leg on the right. Now when you realize what this means, those nerves that leave that area control this little one's bowel, bladder, reproductive organs and kidney's and beyond that having to grow being made fun by all the other kids that make fun of the kid that can't walk straight or runs into walls, or having to tilt your head to the side to ask for a date? Was it heroic medicine to swoop in and save the day, which would be there in 20 years with Harrington rods and spinal surgeries, but today we gave hope, we gave health and we gave the future back to a little person who may not appreciate what he was saved from, but we can sit back and watch him shine!
Until next time...
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